We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves as active agents, in control of our own destinies and worthy of respect from others.
Thomas SzaszWhat people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing
Thomas SzaszHad the white settlers in North America called the natives 'Americans' instead of 'Indians', the early Americans could not have said that the 'only good Indian is a dead Indian' and could not have deprived them so easily of their lands and lands and lives. Robbing people of their proper names is often the first step in robbing them of their property, liberty, and life.
Thomas SzaszPsychiatry is probably the single most destructive force that has affected American Society within the last fifty years.
Thomas Szasz